Tanana
Americannoun
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Tananas,
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Tanana
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a river flowing northwest from eastern Alaska to the Yukon River. About 650 miles (1,045 km) long.
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a member of a North American Indian people of the Tanana River drainage basin in east-central Alaska.
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the Athabascan language of the Tanana.
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Engram chose sections of eight rivers: the Colville, Noatak, Tanana, Yukon, Kantishna, Innoko, Copper and Kuskokwim, listed here in descending order of latitude.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024
Still, the project is an important indicator of the tribe’s commitment to water conservation, said Heather Tanana, a visiting law professor at the University of California, Irvine and citizen of the Navajo Nation.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
Guest: Heather Tanana, assistant professor of law at the University of Utah and citizen of the Navajo Nation.
From Slate ● May 23, 2023
The 211-mile road to the Ambler Mining District in northwest Alaska would cross the Koyukon, Tanana Athabascans and Iñupiat native lands, the department said in a statement.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
As they rolled down from the forested ridges above the Tanana River, Alex gazed across the expanse of windswept muskeg stretching to the south.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
But only when I got out of high school did I start to get into the more contemporary people, people like Tananas, which was an integrated band, and Juluka, which was an integrated band.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ruth's father was chief of the Tananas, and objected, like the rest of the tribe.
From The Son of the Wolf by London, Jack
I have it from the lips of a great hunter of the Tananas.
From The Spoilers by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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